Not everyone will get to see Mary J. Blige on her just-announced Music Saved My Life Tour this fall.

The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, reportedly at work on her 10th album while her 9th, December's Stronger with Each Tear, is barely out of its infancy, will make only make 11 stops, including a lone Southern California date, Oct. 20 at Gibson Amphitheatre, a venue where one of the best R&B vocalists of the modern era has shined the most in her live appearances out here. El Debarge, Jazmine Sullivan and Miguel will open. Tickets, $62.75- $146.75, go on sale Saturday, Sept. 11, at 10 a.m.

Also returning to a recently played venue: Glen Campbell, who was rich but rusty at the Grove of Anaheim in July last year, and who will probably still rely considerably on lyric sheets (not that his fans seem to mind) when he performs there again on Oct. 24. Tickets, $35-$55, are on sale Saturday at 1 p.m.

Making its seemingly annual pilgrimage to Honda Center is Trans-Siberian Orchestra, whose winter spectacle will come to Anaheim on Nov. 24. Tickets, $34.45-$75.90, are on sale Monday at 10 a.m.

Sax star Kenny G also has a holiday show in the works, and will bring it to the Grove on Nov. 21, $45-$75, on sale Saturday at noon.

And one more at the Grove: Dark Star Orchestra, on its From a City Near You Tour, will arrive Dec. 2, $25 in advance, $30 day of show, on sale Saturday at noon. That long-running Grateful Dead tribute also plays Dec. 3 at El Rey Theatre, $29, on sale now.

Also coming to that L.A. venue: another appearance from Sleigh Bells, Oct. 20, $17, on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. ... Nosaj Thing and Toro y Moi with Jogger, Nov. 11, $17, on sale now ... and Brooke Fraser with Sam Bradley, Dec. 2, $16 in advance, $19 day of show, on sale now.

The Broken Lizard comedy troupe will spruce up an Oct. 1 screening of the film Freeloaders with a performance from ... well, the troupe itself, naturally, but also Counting Crows, all at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in the Hollywood Hills. Tickets are on sale Friday at 10 a.m., price currently unavailable.

On an entirely different, watermelon-smashing comedic note: Gallagher will headline Club Nokia on Nov. 10, $20-$35, on sale Saturday at 10 a.m.

And speaking of that spot, a note that the Sept. 16 set from Primus at the L.A. Live venue will include a performance of the trio's second album, 1990's Fizzle Fry, in its entirety. Mariachi El Bronx opens both that night and Sept. 17. Tickets, $39.50 in advance, $42.50 day of show and $49.50 for VIP, are on sale now.

Also at Club Nokia: Swedish dance-pop star Robyn, with Maluca and Natalia Kills, Nov. 17, $28.50 in advance, $30 day of show, $35 for VIP, on sale Saturday at 10 a.m.

Meanwhile, across the way at Nokia Theatre, Teena Marie returns around Valentine's Day, Feb. 12, with the Whispers and Keith Sweat in tow. Tickets, $49.50-$129.50, are on sale Friday at 10 a.m.

Cancellation: former System of a Down vocalist Serj Tankian has scrubbed his fall tour, including a show next weekend at the Greek Theatre with Street Sweeper Social Club, and plans to resume live work after he finishes a new album. Refunds are available at point of purchase.

Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall returns Oct. 5 with her third album, Tiger Suit, and will bring her tour behind it to the Music Box in Hollywood on Nov. 11. Hurricane Bells will open. Tickets, $25, are on sale Saturday at 10 a.m.

Also at the former Fonda Theatre: industrial/electronic pioneers Einstürzende Neubauten's 30th anniversary show, Dec. 1, $30, on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. ... and Matt & Kim fans will be happy to learn that upon entering the duo's Oct. 2 gig at the venue, they'll also get to hear their new album Sidewalks as part of a listening party, $18.50 in advance, $19.50 day of show, on sale now.

Guitar whiz Warren Haynes and the jam band Gov't Mule, already slated for a Nov. 5 show at the Music Box, have now added a Nov. 2 stop at House of Blues Anaheim. Tickets -- $22.50 in advance, $25 day of show, $35 for stools, $45 for pew seats -- go on sale Friday at 10 a.m.

The multi-culti sensation Playing for Change returns Oct. 27 to the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Beverly Hills, with Grandpa Elliott, Clarence Bekker, Titi Tsira, Mermans Kenkosenki, Jason Tamba and more guests expected to perform. Tickets, $35-$75, are on sale Friday at 10 a.m.

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